Quotes About Progress

A man of courage flees forward in the midst of new things.

A totally blind process can by definition lead to anything; it can even lead to vision itself.

Armadas con todos los poderes, disfrutando de todas las riquezas que deben a la Ciencia, nuestras sociedades intentan aún vivir y enseñar sistemas de valores arruinados ya, en su raíz, por esta misma ciencia.

Ainsi le raisonnement avance-t-il droit sur ses deux pieds boiteux

The minutes seeped away like wine from a barrel.

Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.

Every seed goes through the tremendous struggle of losing itself – losing its safety and integrity and becoming vulnerable to every outside force that's around. But without that vulnerability, without the breaking, without the shedding of the shell, life won't sprout.

A human is not a being; he is a becoming. He is an ongoing process, nothing is fixed.

In the process of creating what we want, in pursuit of our happiness, we are just destroying the very source of our life, this planet; we are making a bonfire out of it. But still we are not satisfied, nor are we any more joyful than what people were five hundred years ago.

Begin at the beginning," Miss Perkins urged. "And when you get to the end, stop.

Coach huddled the team together. "You ladies should be very proud," he told them. "I know it wasn't a win, but I saw some wonderful teamwork, and you're all getting out of your comfort zones. Great job,

There is no reason to look back when there is so much good in front of you

The technology is just so far gone. It's just like back in the day you needed a suitcase just to have a cell phone. The battery was so heavy, it was like carrying a gallon of soda around with you all day.

I had one more thing to add to my expanding world.

To eat an egg, you must break the shell.

Setting a goal is the first step, and completing a goal is the commitment."

Through preparation. We salvage what we have. Through preparation. We can start a new. A commitment to time.

Experience teaches slowly and at the cost of mistakes.

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.

We should do nothing for revenge, but everything for security: nothing for the past; everything for the present and the future.

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

Remember that life is not measured in hours but in accomplishments.

Define steps small enough that teams can see and show their progress. Don't get bogged down trying to create the perfect system with a perfect set of measurements. Nothing will ever be perfect for everyone. Agreeing on something reasonable and moving forward is important when the alternative is being paralyzed. Be flexible where it makes sense to be, but hold the line where you shouldn't bend.

You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.